William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley
Born	23 August 1849 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Died	11 July 1903(1903-07-11) (aged 53) Woking, Surrey, England
Occupation	Poet, critic, and editor
Nationality	English
Education	The Crypt School, Gloucester. St Andrews University.
Period	c. 1870–1903
Notable works	"Invictus"
Spouse	Hannah Johnson Boyle
Children	Margaret Henley

William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849  – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus". A fixture in London literary circles, the one-legged Henley might have been the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver (Treasure Island, 1883), while his young daughter Margaret Henley inspired J. M. Barrie's choice of the name Wendy for the heroine of his play Peter Pan (1904).^[1][2]